Restricting copying is not the only basis for business in software. It is the most common basis because it brings in the most money. If it were prohibited, or rejected by the customer, software business would move to other bases of organization which are now used less often. There are always numerous ways to organize any kind of business.

Extracting money from users of a program by restricting their use of it is destructive because the restrictions reduce the amount and the ways that the program…

Control over the use of one's ideas really constitutes control over other people's lives; and it is usually used to make their lives more difficult.

There is nothing wrong with wanting pay for work, or seeking to maximize one's income, as long as one does not use means that are destructive. But the means cu…